Talk:Al-Wathiq

Start of caliph term
The article says that he "reigned from 842 until 847 AD" and "He succeeded his father, al-Mutasim, being hailed caliph on the day his father died, December 26, 841." So, did his caliph term start in 841 or 842? Anomalocaris 16:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)